Reuters - UnitedHealth Group Inc. on Friday said it finished discussions with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission over its accounting related to a Medicare contract, and the talks had no impact on its first-quarter financial outlook.

Shaveta Bansal - AHN Contributor London, England (AHN)- Though market conditions remain unchanged, British Airways, Europe's third-largest airline, reported a 1.8 percent year-on-year increase in passenger traffic this Easter Season. Accounting for load factor, which measures how efficiently...

Reuters - Merrill Lynch & Co. said on Monday it will take a $1.2 billion first-quarter charge, $850 million more than it had expected, as it switches to new accounting rules for employee stock compensation and modifies existing stock awards.

Reuters - Merrill Lynch & Co. said on Monday it will take a $1.2 billion first-quarter charge, $850 million more than it had expected, as it switches to new accounting rules for employee stock compensation.

Reuters - Freddie Mac, still recovering from a 2003 accounting scandal, on Friday said an estimate of the capital it held at year-end implied 2005 net income of $2.5 billion, down nearly 11 percent from 2004.

Reuters - General Motors Acceptance Corp., the finance arm of General Motors Corp. , on Tuesday said it has misclassified cash outflows related to mortgage loan originations and purchases.

Reuters - Auto parts retailer CSK Auto Corp. said on Monday it is postponing release of its fourth-quarter and fiscal 2005 financial results to review accounting errors discovered in an internal audit, sending its stock down as much as 9 percent.

Reuters - Freddie Mac , the second-largest U.S. mortgage funding company which is still recovering from an accounting scandal, said on Wednesday that Chief Financial Officer Martin Baumann has resigned.

Reuters - General Motors Corp. disclosure of accounting errors and an additional $2 billion loss for 2005 on Friday deepened Wall Street doubts about the company's management and renewed questions about the automaker's long-term survival.

Ayinde O. Chase - AHN Staff Writer Miami, FL (AHN) - Mortgage giant Fannie Mae announced on Monday it found huge errors, after being ordered by federal regulators to rework its accounting. Fannie Mae, sponsored by the government, finances one of every five home loans in the United States. The...

Reuters - Fannie Mae, whose accounting problems will likely lead to an $11 billion profit restatement, on Monday said it has found more errors related to some investment securities, loans and mortgage-backed securities trusts.

Reuters - Blockbuster Inc , the nation's No. 1 video rental chain, on Thursday said it will restate financial results back through 2003 due to accounting practices related to its rental library, but its shares rose as it reported a higher quarterly profit.

AFP - The former management of Dutch retail giant Ahold will appear in court Monday for the accounting scandal that brought Ahold, then the world's second-largest retailer, to the brink of bankruptcy.

Reuters - Enron Corp.'s top managers fretted over a damning 2001 analyst report, fearful that Wall Street had uncovered its accounting tricks, a former executive testified on Thursday at the trial of former CEOs Jeffrey Skilling and Ken Lay.

Reuters - Liz Claiborne Inc on Wednesday said fourth-quarter profit fell as the apparel maker took a charge related to accounting for stock options.

Reuters - Enron Corp. played "fast and loose" with the rules and accounting tricks were "standard operating procedure," a former top executive testified on Tuesday at the trial of former CEOs Ken Lay and Jeffrey Skilling.

Reuters - Online retailer Overstock.com Inc. said on Tuesday it would restate financial statements dating back to 2002, citing an error related to accounting for freight costs, which will cut the net loss reported for the annual periods.

Reuters - Enron Corp. illicitly tapped into cash reserves to inflate earnings demanded by former CEO Jeff Skilling to impress Wall Street, a former top accountant said on Monday at the trial of Skilling and ex-CEO Ken Lay.

Reuters - Fannie Mae's principal accounting errors in a multibillion-dollar scandal have already been disclosed, and no member of current management knowingly participated in improper behavior, the company's internal review showed on Thursday.

Reuters - HealthSouth Corp. , a provider of rehabilitation services, on Thursday said it has agreed to settle a federal class-action lawsuit over its accounting for at least $445 million.